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Off to the Pumpkin Patch Every year we make the trip out to the pumpkin patch in Richmond. This year we almost didn’t make it as the big day is growing very near! So we packed the kids up this morning and headed out to the farm. To be honest we had considered trying a different pumpkin patch this year as the Richmond one seems to be ...

Vancouver’s Best Haunted House? On Sunday night, at the invitation of a neighbour, my eight year old and I checked out what may be the best haunted house in Vancouver. Located on Dunbar St. at W. 48th Ave this was one scary, and popular haunted house. We arrived just after 7pm, which is when the live, scare you out of your pants, actors ...

 I have just not been much in a blogging frame of mind (whatever that is) lately and so there hasn't been much fun on Friday's at all. I am back in the game now and here we go. Vancouver's first annual Canary Derby is a soap box derby that is taking place this Sunday on Water St. in Gastown. In case you missed the Red Bull Soap ...

Wow, this is the main listing photo for this home! A small messy solarium. You have to imagine how bad this looks the way most people see it which is much smaller. And darker, for some reason they always look brighter here than they do on the MLS®. The price has just been reduced by the way. Matthew Collinge: Vancouver REALTOR®

As I mentionned a few months ago Vancouver was is the running to make it onto board of Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition. As it turns out Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto all made it onto the board. Vancouver goes in the orange group, Montreal goes where you would expect to find Boardwalk, and Toronto goes into the magenta group. ...

Fridays are for fun and what is more than watching a movie outside at a horse track? This Sunday Fresh Air Cinema ("North America's Premier Outdoor Movie Company") is putting on The Hastings Racecourse Presents Movie Nights at the Track.  The movie this time is ET, which seems like a perfect movie to see outdoors and if you ...

Looking for something to do on these nice warm days we've been having in Vancouver lately (one might say "FINALLY!")? Well Vancouver has some great outdoor swimming pools. Second Beach Pool is a good one for all ages. The pool is huge and right on the edge of the ocean, right beside Second Beach itself and the area also offers a ...

That last post was no fun at all and don't think I am going to get to the other Vancouver real estate news so I have these two items for you. Vancouver Grow-op  Lets start with this "grow-op". After showing my listing in Marpole I was driving throught he neighbourhood I noticed something odd about it, there appeared to be ...

Mountain Equipment Co-op is hosting Paddlefest this Sunday at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver. As a lifelong kayaker this event caught my eye. Assuming the weather is nice, and what  big assumptoin that is these days, this sounds like a great day at the beach for all ages from singles to families with kids. MEC says: This is a ...

The Zip Trek experience in Whistler has been very popular since it opened some years ago and now you can try a zipline adventure right in Metro Vancouver with the opening tomorrow of Grouse Mountain's Air Grouse ziplines. They are starting with 3 and will be expanding the operation in the Fall of 2008. The weather is supposed to be great ...